AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills

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Through the collective judgment of 1,500 leaders from across the American film community - screenwriters, directors, actors, producers, cinematographers, editors, executives, film historians and critics -, AFI has identified 100 movies that are considered the most thrilling. Thrills encompass many genres, including courtroom dramas, disasters, epics, horror, musicals, film-noir, sci-fi, sports , suspense, war and westerns.

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  1. 7 -

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  2. 13 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  3. 21 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  4. 3 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 19 -

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 23 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  7. 79 -

    The Magnificent Seven

    1960, in 11 top lists Check
  8. 84 -

    Poltergeist

    1982, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 1 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  10. 62 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  11. 67 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  12. 43 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  13. 40 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  14. 100 -

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  15. 37 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  16. 94 -

    The China Syndrome

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 16 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  18. 15 -

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  19. 70 -

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  20. 28 -

    Fatal Attraction

    1987, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 56 -

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  22. 8 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  23. 95 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 78 -

    Gaslight

    1944, in 12 top lists Check
  25. 12 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  26. 73 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  27. 17 -

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  28. 93 -

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  29. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  30. 81 -

    The Omen

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 90 -

    The Poseidon Adventure

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 51 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  33. 80 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  34. 9 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  35. 5 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  36. 76 -

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  37. 18 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  38. 63 -

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 88 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  40. 57 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  41. 98 -

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 96 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  43. 58 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  44. 46 -

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  45. 31 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  46. 82 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  47. 30 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  48. 41 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  49. 85 -

    Dracula

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 44 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
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